Tuesday, 28 February 2006
Noon Position : 12 28N 075 47W
Course: 245 degrees Speed: 13 knots Days Run : miles
Weather : Warm and windy Wind : 070 degrees at 22 knots
News: We are now bowling along with a poled out genoa, small main and full
mizzen in rough seas with lots of white caps. As predicted the wind and seas
have picked up on the corner of Columbia and we are running hard, DDW (dead
down wind). In these conditions it is impossible to stop the boat so we do
not have any fishing lines out which is keeping Penny from complaining!! She
said we could catch one tuna, that was all and yesterday we caught two
simultaneously so we overstepped our quota. No worries, we will get plenty
of seafood in the San Blas which we are all looking forward to, and as is
the tradition, we had good sushi last night with fish still left for more
meals.
We have also caught the current again. At times last night we were up to
13.6 knots but then we would drop out of it and be back at 12 so we surmised
that we were perhaps on the edge of it. Anyway it all helps and we are
looking forward to our arrival in Colon late tomorrow morning local time.
The boys are scrubbing the decks in preparation and the girls are cleaning
up down below.
PW
